Appointing Authorities:

Veteran appointing authorities are authorities, based upon law, permitting competitive and non-competitive appointments of veterans, who meet certain eligibility requirements, to civil service positions in the Federal government.  These authorities give certain eligible veterans the right to apply under merit promotion announcements that would normally only be open to current or former federal employees.  The three commonly used special appointing authorities for Veterans are the Veterans’ Recruitment Act (VRA), the Veterans’ Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) and 30% or More Disabled Veterans.  Details and eligibility requirements of each authority are described below.  (You may also visit http://www.opm.gov/veterans/
html/vetguide.asp and view OPM’s VetGuide for more detailed information or for Vet info from the USAjobs site click on this link:  http://www.opm.gov/employ/veterans/html/vetsinfo.asp)

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